Mexican fishermen adrift for 11 months in Pacific Ocean are Rescued.
Having encountered engine problems soon after they left their home port it seems the men were steadily pushed westwards across the ocean and spent 11 months lost in its vastness. They apparently survived on a diet of rainwater, raw fish and seabirds.
The fisherman left San Blas, a fishing town on Mexico's Pacific coast 650km from Mexico City, on October 9 last year. When they were found they were close to the Marshall Islands, around 8,850km to the west.
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